National Bank Financial Decreases Earnings Estimates for EQB

EQB Inc. (TSE:EQB) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for EQB in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.55 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.71. The consensus estimate for EQB’s current full-year earnings is $12.60 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for EQB’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.94 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on EQB. Scotiabank decreased their target price on EQB from C$130.00 to C$119.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. National Bankshares lifted their price target on EQB from C$109.00 to C$117.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Desjardins cut their price objective on EQB from C$130.00 to C$126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on shares of EQB from C$153.00 to C$147.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of EQB from C$126.00 to C$107.00 in a report on Monday, April 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$120.60.

EQB Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:EQB opened at C$97.00 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of C$3.75 billion, a PE ratio of 15.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.34 and a beta of 1.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$94.32 and a 200-day moving average of C$101.22. EQB has a one year low of C$78.24 and a one year high of C$114.22.

EQB Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were given a dividend of $0.51 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. This is an increase from EQB’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.10%. EQB’s payout ratio is presently 29.31%.

EQB Company Profile

EQB Inc formerly Equitable Group Inc trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX: EQB and EQB.PR.C and serves over 360000 Canadians through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Bank Canadas Challenger Bank. Equitable Bank has grown to become the countrys eighth largest independent Schedule I bank with a clear mandate to drive real change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples lives.